Thanks!That is awesome!I think that proves that A. D. Ratcliff and Allen D. Ratcliff are definitely the same.I will add this chunk of info to my list.

Does this mean he is selling his land in Catahoula Parish or is mortgaging it and will make the payments of the bales of merchantable cotton?Since at times through the years, he is listed as a merchant, I wonder if he was a cotton merchant?

Do you have any clues about the names to go with the children's initials in the Census?